Village Green-Ray Davies

[ti:Village Green] [ar:Ray Davies] [al:The Kinks Choral Collection By Ray Davies and The Crouch End Festival Chorus] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Village Green - Ray Davies [01:02.07]Out in the country [01:04.58] [01:05.33]Far from all the soot and noise of the city [01:08.94] [01:09.97]There's a village green [01:11.70] [01:12.55]It's been a long time [01:14.96] [01:16.09]Since I last set eyes [01:17.53]On the church with the steeple [01:20.08] [01:20.84]Down by the village green [01:23.03] [01:26.33]'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy [01:29.34] [01:31.02]And kissed her by the old oak tree [01:33.73] [01:37.57]Although I loved my Daisy I saw fame [01:41.41] [01:41.93]And so I left the village green [01:44.23] [01:45.64]I miss the village green [01:47.37] [01:48.72]And all the simple people [01:51.10]I miss the village green [01:53.00] [01:53.56]The church the clock the steeple [01:56.75]I miss the morning dew [01:58.47] [01:58.98]Fresh air and Sunday school [02:01.66] [02:02.20]And now all the houses [02:03.90] [02:05.57]Are rare antiquities [02:06.90] [02:08.06]American tourists flock to see the village green [02:13.18] [02:16.66]They snap their photographs [02:18.17] [02:19.00]And say "Gawd darn it [02:21.84]Isn't it a pretty scene " [02:24.22] [02:28.13]And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy [02:31.07] [02:32.92]And now he owns a grocery [02:34.78] [02:36.19]I miss the village green [02:38.37] [02:39.31]And all the simple people [02:40.98] [02:41.83]I miss the village green [02:43.73] [02:44.32]The church the clock the steeple [02:46.74] [02:47.44]I miss the morning dew [02:49.24] [02:49.82]Fresh air and Sunday school [02:53.45]And I will return there [02:55.64] [02:57.15]And I'll and Daisy [02:58.55] [02:59.14]And we'll sip tea laugh [03:00.72] [03:01.63]And talk about the village green [03:03.85] [03:05.05]Yes we will [03:06.14] [03:10.64]We will laugh and [03:13.40]Talk about the village green